What's everyone doing for Valentine's Day?

MrsPharmGirl

I don't want to fight restaurant crowds... I was thinking of surprising DH and cooking a romantic dinner for him.  I'm off that day, so I have plenty of time to prepare.  Any other ideas?? 

cjsbdl

We always do fondue on Valentine's Day--it's a little cliche, but it's fun and a great way to spend time together.

kimminick

The past two years we've done something special just at home.  The first year I cooked, the second he cooked.

This year my parents are coming into town that day.  I'm super excited just to have them here again.    We aren't huge on the Valentine's thing as we both feel its a very commericalized holiday.  And why not make each other feel special every day of the year!

MrsPharmGirl

I agree!  It is very commercialized.  Two years ago we took a trip to Gatlinburg that just happened to fall during V-day.  It snowed the night before we left (we were in the hot tub ) and the next day, everything was covered!  It was so beautiful! 

I think this year I'll cook... he won't be expecting that! 

dharmabunny

Cooking in is an excellent idea!  We plan to do it too.  And DH loves to have a nice, hot drawn bath with bath fizzies (total Chandler, I guess) so I guess I'll need to draw him a bath and join him

Although I love fancy dining, paying double the usual bill for a prix fixe meal at 9:30 pm with justifiably crabby waitstaff and a hour wait even with reservations is not my idea of romantic.  Neither is soaring blood pressure.

GuitaristsGirl

We are going out to dinner. . . . v-day is totally not my thing - we've never acknowledged it with anything other than a card! - but I'm actually really excited, because DH took it upon himself to come up with the idea, make the reservation, etc. . . .

MrsPharmGirl

Dharma- My DH can be a little Chandler too, but I love him for it!! That'll be fun! That's nice, GuitaristsGirl! You gotta love when the guys take the initiative!! Have a great time!!

klv

We are staying home too. Its not worth trying to go out to eat on V day. We will probably do dinner and a movie this weekend.

kelly72206

We are staying in.  We hate fighting the crowds.  DH is making me the same dinner he made the night be proposed.  We are making a fancy dessert together.

Arterr0

We will be staying in, enjoying a nice home-cooked dinner, and watching LOST.  We are going to Spamalot this weekend, followed by dinner out downtown, so I guess we will count that as our special celebration.

Rebecca_Claire

COUPLES MASSAGE!!  I am so excited!  My friend Brandy is a massage therapist at The Massage Gardens in Knoxville (http://themassagegardens.com/), and is awesome!  They started doing couples massages around Christmas, but life was too hectic then.  I CANNOT WAIT!!!  Is it Thursday yet?!

Dawn05

DH is out of town, so I'll be spending it with my other main man, my 17 mo son. We'll probably have chicken nuggets and tater tots...how romantic!

Bosco16

DH is making a dinner for us. We never eat out on the Vday, totally commercial and so on. If anyone wants to get out, I recommend Arrington Vineyards. You could bring a picnic and sit by the bonfire and have some of their wine. I like the syrah. They are supposed to have live jazz and truffles for everyone that goes. Its something out of the norm.

amykevin

Well....yesterday was our 2 year anniversary, so we did most of our celebrating then. We had a picnic in our back field, and then we were going to go eat Italian, but I did not feel like getting all fancied-up. I had to take my hubby with me to one of my jobs, and we drove right by Mickey Roo's (Texas BBQ) & we decided just to go there after my job. It was a good choice....we had a nice & relaxing time & stayed there for a few hours. For V-Day we will just be staying in & watching movies.

PFH

I will spend the day doing flower deliveries and then come home and climb into a nice hot bath.

RockysLove

We'll be going out to a restaurant - to wait tables all night.  Yup, I'll be part of the bitter and grumpy wait staff.